CreativeFuture, a US coalition that promotes the value of creativity in today’s digital age, has criticised so-called Big Tech’s stance on copyright, calling its views “imbalanced”. In a blog post, Ruth Vitale, Chief Executive Officer, suggests Big Tech’s house is in shambles, shaken by scandals, and people all over the world are creating pressure to […]
Elon Musk is inviting consumers in rural America to install his Starlink satellite broadband system, at a cost of $99 a month. They also have to pay $499 for the antenna and its associated kit. However, it is widely accepted that Musk’s SpaceX is swallowing some of the antenna’s costs. As recently reported, the search […]
US comms and pay-TV provider DISH and tech giant Intel are partnering to integrate Intel 5G infrastructure technology into DISH’s buildout of the nation’s first virtualised, open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) 5G network deployment. DISH has selected the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor, the Intel Ethernet 800 Series network adapter, the Intel vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100 […]
Juris Gulbis, chairman of the board of Latvian telco Tet (formerly Lattelecom) has been charged with possible involvement in fraud in the introduction of digital television in the country. The prosecutor’s office has indicted Gulbis and four other persons for participating in fraud, as a result of which Tet suffered a reported loss of €7,585,533. […]
Later in 2021 Eutelsat will launch a large satellite, its Eutelsat VHTS (for Very High Throughput) Konnect craft. It will use this craft, with its 230 spot-beams and overall capacity of some 500 Gb/s throughput, to provide two-way broadband connectivity across Europe and much further afield. Eutelsat is already marketing a preliminary ‘Konnect’ service over […]
Wurl, a provider of streaming video distribution and advertising services for connected TV (CTV), has announced that all of its key growth metrics continued to accelerate in the third quarter of 2020. The company grew viewership sharply and served 129 per cent more ads for its partners than in the prior quarter. “Everything is accelerating. […]
Saudi Arabia says it will invest an initial $2.1 billion over the next few years in space-related activity to help create economic diversification plan to attract inward investment and create “thousands of jobs” for its young citizens. A report from Reuters says the investment would be made during the next nine years (until 2030) and […]
Digital football media company OneFootball has announced a new digital-first, Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasting partnership for the French Ligue 1 in Brazil. With immediate effect, and for the entirety of the 2020-21 season, OneFootball is now the exclusive Brazilian broadcasting partner of Ligue de Football Professionel (LFP) and their top-flight competition Ligue 1. The partnership will […]
Giant screen cinema operator IMAX recorded its highest-ever losses for its Q3 trading. They were brought about because of its Covid-impacted revenues which plummeted to $37.3 million from $86.4 million in the same period in 2019. But the revenues could have been worse. Asian revenues, where the Covid restrictions had been relaxed, helped boost income […]
M7 Group, the European pay-TV provider, has concluded a satellite distribution and carriage agreement with Munich-based SPORT1 for the European launch of eSportsONE. eSportsONE is immediately be available on various M7 platforms including Canal Digitaal in the Netherlands, TV VLAANDEREN in Belgium and Skylink in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Other M7 platforms will follow shortly. […]